14136 A 5 TTh 1020-1150 SMI 304 Dwyer,Annie Open 26/ 35 %WB
Full-term FILM AND THE POST-APOCALYPTIC IMAGINATION (A&H, DIV) ____ THIS CLASS WILL EXPLORE THE POST- APOCALYPTIC IMAGINATION, FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON SECULAR IMAGININGS OF THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT IN FILM, GRAPHIC NOVELS, AND OTHER FORMS OF POPULAR CULTURE. AS STUDENTS EXPLORE CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS OF CATACLYSMIC EVENTS THAT RANGE FROM THE OUTBREAK OF ZOONOTIC DISEASE TO ENVIRONMENTA DISASTER TO CYBERNETIC REVOLT, THEY WOULD COME TO A DEEPER UNDERSTANDIN OF CULTURAL ANXIETIES ENGAGED AND EXPRESSED THROUGH THESE REPRESENTATIONS. ULTIMATELY, STUDENTS WOULD LEARN HOW THE POST- APOCALYPTIC IMAGINATION CAN BOTH ENDORSE POLITICAL APATHY AND FOMENT POLITICAL RESISTANCE WHILE HONING A CRITICAL APPARATUS FOR READING POPULAR CULTURE. HYBRID CLASS.
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